into jessica loyd's disappearance.ervice had this much. her officers were scrutinizing links to other unsolved crimes in the region early on. >> because we just had this reporting missing to us, and because of the unusual circumstances, we were dedicating as many as we could. and that includes looking at what is happening in your neighboring jurisdictions. >> and what was happening? >> we were aware that there had been two serious crimes out in tweed, against women. and that there was another situation in brighton where a woman was murdered. >> and that's far away? >> no it's not too far away. it was enough that at the beginning, it's let's make some contact have some conversations and see if there's any potential connections. >> but first, there was work to be done. starting with clues, and he says he discovered. outside of jessica's house. there were three sets of footprints, one going towards the house. the other two, one smaller than the other, heading out of the house across the field. investigators quickly realiz